People ex rel. Graham v. Inglis
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. This was a petition in the circuit court of Sangamon county for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo luarranto, to inquire by what right A. J. Barr, C. L. Pleasants, M. P. Rice, M. J. Walsh, F. M. Youngblood and Samuel M. Inglis exercise the powers and perform the duties of trustees of the Eastern Illinois State Normal School.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. This was a petition in the circuit court of Sangamon county for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo luarranto, to inquire by what right A. J. Barr, C. L. Pleasants, M. P. Rice, M. J. Walsh, F. M. Youngblood and Samuel M. Inglis exercise the powers and perform the duties of trustees of the Eastern Illinois State Normal School. It is alleged in the petition that an act was passed by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois and approved by the Governor on the 22d day of May,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Craig
It will be observed that the act in question was passed by the legislature on the 22d day of May, 1895, and on the same day the act was approved by the Governor. Section 13 of article 4 of the constitution provides: “No act of the General Assembly shall take effect until the first day of July next after its passage, unless, in case of emergency, (which emergency shall be expressed in the preamble or body of the act,) the General Assembly shall, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, otherwise direct.” The Governor, in the selection of trustees, did not wait until…
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